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September 19, 2016
AHMEDABAD: Not just investments and business, the next edition of
Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit will also be looking at
fostering cultural co-operation. To begin with, Gujarat and Kenya will
work jointly in lion conservation and promotion of wildlife tourism
focused on big cats.

The possibility of cooperation was discussed during a recent visit of
Vibrant Gujarat delegation to Kenya. "We decided to formally share best
practices in lion conservation, including scientific study of both
Asiatic and African lions.Kenya has good wildlife focused tourism model,
which we can also adopt," said N Srivastava, managing director, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd (TGCL), who was also part of the delegation to Kenya.

"Gujarat and Kenya or Africa
for that matter, have two major connecting dots. One is lions and other
Gujaratis settled in African nations. We met top government officials
of Kenya, who look after lion conservation and wildlife tourism.Here in
Gujarat we also focus heavily on conservation of lions. So we discussed
possibility of mutual co-operation centered on lions," he added.

Experts in tourism opine that both Gujarat and Kenya can learn from
each other in the field of wildlife. Kenya has developed lions safari in
such a way that it ensures safety of lions. The African nation has used
latest technology to protect the natural habitats. This can be emulated
by Gujarat.

The population of lions in Africa, including Kenya, is dwindling with
the entire continent left with 20,000 to 30,000 as per different sources
including International Union for Conservation of Nature. Kenya has
2,000 majestic cats. Gujarat has done well in lion conservation with
population rising to 523 as per census 2015.

The state government may also sign an MoU with Kenya for conservation
initiatives during the summit in January 2017. Probably , it will be the
first cultural tie-up at the summit.

"Our focus will be on cultural exchange and knowledge sharing about lions," said Srivastava, who is also a senior Indian Forest Service officer. "Such co-operation will boost wild-life tourism and create awareness about it," said Manish Sharma

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Asiatic Lion Protection Society

Asiatic Lion Protection Society (ALPS) founded in year 2006, is an NGO working mainly for conservation of Asiatic Lion in Gir forest and in Indian Zoos. Main objectives: To compile max. information about Asiatic Lion plus Gir forest and spread it through out the globe by website, blogs, Wikipedia, yahoo groups etc To help protection & conservation of Asiatic Lion & Gir forest by taking up projects like - Building parapets on open wells. - To contact and request nationalize banks of Gir area to put a condition to built parapet on open wells while sanctioning loan to farmers - At the time of festivals, organize camps near temples like Kankai, Banej & Tulsi Shyam to educate tourist to protect wildlife. - To distribute information and awareness leaflets at check-post to visitors using jungle roads. - Make representation & persuade Govt. to make Gir 'A Plastic Free Zone. Similarly contact local civil bodies to make their areas A Plastic free zone. To inform authorities about illegal activities inside the jungle like wood-cutting, removal of forest produce, poaching, illegal grazing etc. To inform authorities about injured wild animals. Also educate locals of Gir forests as well as school/college students to conserve Gir forest, it's wildlife and to represent to Govt. in favor of trans-location of Asiatic Lion to some other good place in Gujarat. P S: We welcome your comments & posts and expect that our conversation will follow the general rules of respectful civil discourse. You’re fully responsible for everything that you submit here in your comments & posts.

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Gir forest...Gir lies has a topography made up of succession of rugged ridges, isolated hills, plateaus and valleys. Besides, being the last abode of Asiatic lions, Gir forms a unique habitat for ratel, rusty spotted cat, pangolin, ruddy mongoose, civets, paradise flycatcher etc.The overwhelming presence of the omnipotent big cat diverts the attention of the common man from the remarkable bird population that the sanctuary has. However, the birds of Gir sanctuary did attract the great ornithologist, Dr. Salim Ali who believed that, had the Asiatic lions not been there, the area would have been one of the most fascinating bird sanctuaries of the country.People mostly link Gir with "Maldharis" who have survived through the ages by having symbiotic relationship with the lion. They are religious pastoral communities living in Gir. Their settlements are called "nesses".At present, Gir forests of Gujarat (India) is the only natural place where this race of lions i.e. Asiatic lion is found.